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Dr Hafiz A Pasha

Opinion

FBR revenue targets for 2024-25

The first two months of 2024-25 have already revealed serious problems with the overall and individual revenue...

Published 10 Sep, 2024 06:32am

Opinion

Sectoral growth patterns in FY2023-24

The latest Pakistan Economic Survey for 2023-24, released in June, contains a comprehensive set of estimates on the...

Published 03 Sep, 2024 06:27am

Opinion

Social sector spending

The Federal Ministry of Finance has released the estimates of poverty-related expenditures for 2022-23. Thanks are...

Published 27 Aug, 2024 06:44am

Opinion

Findings of 2023 population census

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has recently disseminated the detailed results of the 7th Population and...

Published 20 Aug, 2024 07:01am

Opinion

Budgetary outcome in 2023-24

The statistics on the outcome of fiscal operations by the federal and provincial governments in 2023-24 were ...

Updated 13 Aug, 2024 07:40am

Opinion

Medium-term budget strategy

The Federal Ministry of Finance has released the Medium-Term Budget Strategy Statement for the period, 2024-25 to...

Published 06 Aug, 2024 06:40am

Opinion

A fragile balance of payments

The statistics on the external balance of payments of Pakistan in 2023-24 were released last week by the SBP (State...

Published 30 Jul, 2024 03:10am

Opinion

Provincial budgets for FY2024-25

The provincial budgets for 2024-25 have all been presented last month in the respective Provincial Assemblies....

Published 23 Jul, 2024 06:58am

Opinion

Outlook for 2024-25

The last week’s article on outlook for 2024-25 by this writer in Business Recorder had focused on the projections...

Updated 16 Jul, 2024 07:52am

Opinion

Outlook for FY25

The fiscal year, 2024-25, promises to be an eventful year. It will see early negotiations between the Government of...

Updated 09 Jul, 2024 07:39am

Opinion

Some key budgetary magnitudes

The Federal Budget for 2024-25 has been examined by the Parliament and following some amendments it has been...

Updated 02 Jul, 2024 06:30am

Opinion

State of the economy

The fiscal year 2023-24 is likely to close with a mixed performance by the economy. On the positive side, there has...

Published 25 Jun, 2024 06:42am

Opinion

An appraisal of FY25 federal budget

The Federal budget for 2024-25 has been presented in a mixed economic environment characterised by both positive and...

Published 20 Jun, 2024 06:01am

Opinion

Big fall in the rate of inflation

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has come up with a very pleasant surprise. The year-to-year rate of...

Published 11 Jun, 2024 03:17am

Opinion

Low taxation of property

The recent revelation of massive investment in property by Pakistanis in Dubai of over $11 billion has not only...

Published 04 Jun, 2024 06:28am

Opinion

Big financing risks

The IMF Staff Mission has left Pakistan after a series of meetings on the next Fund Programme in the form of an...

Updated 28 May, 2024 05:54am

Opinion

IMF projections for FY2024-25

The IMF Staff Report on the Second and Final Review under the Stand-by Arrangement was released on the 10th of May...

Published 21 May, 2024 03:39am

Opinion

The education emergency

Shehbaz Sharif declared an ‘education emergency’ across Pakistan on Wednesday, the 8th of May 2024. This is in...

Published 14 May, 2024 05:18am

Opinion

Uncertain budgetary outcome in 2023-24

The outcome numbers on the fiscal operations for the first three quarters of 2023-24 have been released recently by...

Published 07 May, 2024 06:05am

Opinion

The falling rate of inflation

The last few months have witnessed a major drop in the rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index....

Published 30 Apr, 2024 03:43am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 18	278.10
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 18	277.90
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 18	141.35
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 18	0.85
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 18	1.32
Euro to USD / Sep 18	1.11

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 16	5,633.09
Nasdaq / Sep 16	17,592.13
Dow Jones / Sep 16	41,622.08
India Sensex / Sep 18	83,243.51
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 18	36,194.62
Hang Seng / Sep 18	17,660.02
FTSE 100 / Sep 18	8,272.52
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 18	18,716.28

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 16	18,935
Petrol/Litre / Sep 18	249.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 18	70.77
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 18	229,510
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 18	2,566.05
Diesel/Litre / Sep 18	249.69

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Sep 18 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Sep 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Sep 18 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Sep 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Sep 18 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Sep 18 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Sep 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Sep 18 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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